Corset and similar garment



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Patented June 25, 1929.

UNITED STATES GAYLDRD A. BARCLEY, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

1,718,772 PATENT (OFF-ICE.

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Application filed December 8, 1925. Serial No. 74,108.

This invention relates to a corset or the like provided with an inner abdominal support connected at its opposite ends to the body of the garment by a vertical series of adjusting straps for positioning the support so that it will properly support the wearer at different parts of itself vertically of the body. Heretolore, the straps have been permanently at tar-lied to the support and said support itself divided, in order to obtain a construction by which the garment could be put around the wearer and did not have to he stepped into.

The objects of the present invention are to secure a construction by which the adjustable straps for the abdominal support are each detaehably connected to the supjport indepemleutly of the others; to provide suitable means for detachably connecting the extremity of each strap to one end. of the support independent of the other straps and so that each strap tan be adjusted individually; to enable the corset and support to be put on coat-fashion and yet the support itself not divided into two parts which detracts from its supporting qualities; to thus secure both efficiency and com enience to the greatest ex tent, and to obtain other advantages and results as may he brought out by the following description.

lleterring to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of re'erence indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a view of a wearer putting on a gari'nent ei'i'ibodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a front view of the garment in place on the wearer;

Figlu-e 3 .is an inner view illustrating the attachment of the straps to the support;

Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional View through one of the straps and theadjacent parts of the garment body and support, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the straps and the portion of the garment through which it extends.

in said drawings, 1 indicates the main portion of a corset adapted to encircle a wearer and be releasably fastened thereon by any usual clasp members 2 and 3. A pad or support 4 is provided for the abdomen of the wearer, at the inside of the main part 1 of the garment, and straps are shown at the opposite ends ofsaid support by which it can be adjusted and positioned. Three of these straps are shown at each end of the support, 5, 6 and 7 at one end and 8, 9 and 10 at the other end, but any other number could be employed,

if desired. Those at one end are just like those at the other end, exceptthat at one end each of the straps is detachably secured to the support independently of the others, as here inafter more fully explained.

Any suitable arrangement may be employed for adjusting the straps longitudinally of themselves, butin the one shown the straps of each set extend rearwardly at the side of the wearer, from the support 1, through individual slits 11, 12 and 13in the garment body and then throughindividual buckles 14, 15 and 16 on the. outside of said body, see Figure 2, the free'ends 17, 18 and 19 of the straps extending forwardly of the wearer-from said buckles, at the outside of the front of the garment body, where they are convenient to operate. Loops 20, 21 and 22 are provided to keep said free ends of the straps in place, and the buckles 1 1, 15 and 16 are held by tabs 23, 24 and 25 which project from beneath a reinforcing piece 26 stitched as at 39 to the outside of the garment body 1 with its rear edge at a vertically stiffened portion 27 of said body, see Figure 2. The

buckles 14-, 15 and 16 are of a common and well-known type, each having a biting jaw 28 and a sliding bar 29 for the strap, although any other suitable kind might be employed.

The connection of the inner end of each strap to the support 4: is separate from the connections of the inner ends of the other straps in order that each strap can be tightened and loosened independently of the others and a pressure or a relaxation be caused at one horizontal portion of the support with respect to the other parts, which is necessary to a nice and accurate adjustment of the support to the wearer. It is to preserve this separate adjustment and yet enable the garment to be put on coat-wise, instead of over the head or feet, which is the purpose of the present invention, and I accomplish it by securing the end of each of the straps at one end of the support, as 5, G and 7, releasably to the support and independently of the others. I have shown this at the right-hand side of the wearer, though obviously it might be at either side or indeed at both sides, if desired. Any suitable cast-offs may be employed for so releasably securing said strap ends, but I have shown each strap-end having an eye 30, 31 or 32, respectively, which engages a hook 33, 34 or 35 on the support, so that upon unhooking all the straps at one end of the support l the garment can be put on or oftand stitched thereto, but any other suitable manner of mounting can be employed.

, As already indicated, my im rovements can be a plied to a corset, corsetrassiere or any simi ar garmentto which they are applicable, and otherdetails of the garment, the

i support, its fastenin or adjusting means and their relation to the .ody of the garment and so forth, can he modified by those skilled in the art, in manufacturing said improvements,

. without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, andtheretore I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself except as required by the. following claim when construed in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a corset or similar garment, the combination of an inside abdominal support, straps extending across said abdominal support transversely of the wearer and stitched upon said support with end portions at one end of the support free therefrom and terminating short of said end of the support, a series of fastenings for each lateral end of the abdominal support and extending from the garment body one to each of said transverse straps, and cast-offs at the lateral end of the abdominal support having said free strap ends for detachably connecting each fastening to one of said free ends, all said fastenings havingattheir ends away from the abdominal support individually adjustable connections to the corset to individually tighten said straps and adjust the said support.

GAYLORD A. BARCLEY. 

